Banana Bread Recipes

Whether you make them part of your weekend brunch menu or a tasty lunchbox snack, our banana bread recipes are a great way to turn sweet, ripe bananas into something scrumptious! While firmer ripe bananas are used for fruit salads and fruity desserts, soft, overripe bananas are best for mashing into homemade baked goods like breads, muffins, and coffee cakes. We’ve got a bunch of banana bread tips, if you like, or feel free to peel off a few banana facts in our Seasonal Produce guide.

Banana Bread Tips

Bananas ripen best at room temperature. To quickly ripen bananas, place them in a brown paper bag and close the bag tightly. Since the fruit will give off a gas as it ripens, containing the gas in the closed bag will hasten the ripening process of the bananas.

While bananas that are beginning to blacken may be too ripe to eat, they are perfect for making your favorite banana bread. If you have more bananas than you need for a recipe, peel the bananas then freeze them in resealable freezer-weight plastic bags for up to 6 months. These overripe bananas are also perfect for making fruit smoothies.

About 3 medium bananas will yield 1 cup mashed bananas. If you have more ripe bananas than what you need to make your favorite banana bread recipe, why not double the recipe and make 2 loaves instead of 1? Give the other as a gift or freeze for later enjoyment.

Banana Bread RecipesWhether you make them part of your weekend brunch menu or a tasty lunchbox snack, our banana bread recipes are a great way to turn sweet, ripe bananas into something scrumptious! While firmer ripe bananas are used for fruit salads and fruity desserts, soft, overripe bananas are best for mashing into homemade baked goods like breads, muffins, and coffee cakes. We’ve got a bunch of banana bread tips, if you like, or feel free to peel off a few banana facts in our Seasonal Produce guide.